An Alternative History of Hyperactivity: Food Additives and the Feingold Diet

List of Abbreviations

AAA American Academy of Allergy AAAAI American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology AAP American Academy of Pediatrics AASA American Association for the Study of Allergy ACSH American Council on Science and Health ADD Attention-Deficit Disorder ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ADI Allowable Daily Intake AJP American Journal of Psychiatry AMA American Medical Association APA American Psychiatric Association BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BHA butylated hydroxyanisole BHT butylated hydroxytoluene BMJ British Medical Journal BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CMA California Medical Association CNN Cable News Network CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest DES diethylstilbestrol DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders FAUS Feingold Association of the United States FDA Food and Drug Administration (United States) FSA Foods Standards Agency (United Kingdom) IgE immunoglobulin E IJSP International Journal of Social Psychiatry IUD intrauterine device JAACP Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association K-P Kaiser-Permanente LSD lysergic acid diethylamide MBD minimal brain dysfunction xi List of Abbreviations MMR measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine MSG monosodium glutamate NACHFA National Advisory Committee on Hyperkinesis and Food Additives NDEA National Defense Education Act NIH National Institutes of Health PTA Parent-Teacher Association SSAAC Society for the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions USDA United States Department of Agriculture xii Abbreviations An Alternative History of Hyperactivity ...